SHAKESPEARE'S darkest play, King Lear, performed in a modern setting by the well-established Oxford Theatre Guild. Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford. Tuesday- Saturday 7:30 pm. Saturday Matinee 2:30pm. Tickets £16/£18.
Oxford Theatre Guild presents a bold new of Shakespeare’s King Lear: a gripping contemporary drama of family, power, and the collapse of legacy.
Set within the world of a modern British aristocratic dynasty, this streamlined adaptation reimagines Lear as the ageing patriarch of a powerful household whose decision to divide his estate between his daughters unleashes betrayal, rivalry, and devastating consequences. As alliances fracture and loyalties shift, Lear’s desperate search for love and control drives him toward madness.